Service box



- I Aug. 26 1930. HlLLs 1,774,141

SERVICE BOX Filed March 14, 1928 F/GJ 1N VEN TOR.

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ATTORNEY.

, I 1 It i stomary to providethe service pipes Vide a service 'bQ Ofthis chaia fi hQ I Patented Aug. 26,1930

VILLE GOMPA JERSEY v '1 i I I F Aiipliealtionii ileiiuarch 14.;v

' My invention relates to 'servioe boxes for nclosing' and protecting thestemsv of street alv'esin Water-supply systems, such boxes be ng located generally insside walks.

extending from streetfWa-ter mains to adj acent buildings with street shut ofii 'va1ves, in order to enable the Water-department "to shut ofl the aterffromeaohanfd every suehbilild- I mg, and such: valves: are, (as a rule, locatedfin Q 'thei'groilnd nnder the side Wa1ks, and each) "must be provided with opening and closing means. To this endservice lboxesare, pro- "vided in the sidewalks; Withthe topsfof said boxes flush with the skipper surfaces 4 of. the Walk s, and said boxes must be so constr icted I; that they can be 0pen'ed,; on1y' with suitable;

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'together'withia'bolt trhe ipe'i is sufli 7 eientlength to extend downward into the ground asufliei'ent distance tolfinclosethe "istem or at least, the iipper portion of said, stem, of'a shut-off valve. The pi'pel With its enlarge'dtop portion 2 may be termeda body, I and; henthe sameis'in'place', {the top of the rim thereof is finshwith the "upper surface 6;: theside'wa'lkinto which the boxis set, and, 1 f

thegflipper surface of the cove'r'3,.is also flush with'sai-dside-walk surface. I I "The .flarihg' partQ has an'interior flange sw m-m alseatfor the cover 3,'and' thereis I an ini x 'a'rd extension or'hig 6 fromsaid flange Qi'l 'o'ne side"thatjis tap ed tor ceive-the bolt 1 4 'Adjaeenttoflthejlug 6, inamannular rim 7 hilch'iorms thefnpper part of the V flaring I implements which. .unaiithorized, persons? memberEQ, is a notch'or-recess8that opens Would not be likely to jca'rr'y. The primary c0mparative1yl simple and; inexpen ive; and f capable of being openedrea'dflyby one whose dutyf it is to 'obtain aceess to the I alve stem covered or i1 1'c1o sedbyfsaidbox, biit'diflict ltg .ItOl pe y' n r e i er nsupp ie withthe proper implements; 1 I, Anotherfobject is'so to 'eonfstructthe box that dirt is prevented(from-[working{down 3 I I aroundtheieover into theinterior; of the body; f stillaniother'object-is toenable the' eoVerof Ithef box to be' removed without 'diflicultyl in ;the' ei7ent the same bjecbnie, tightly fixedging plaiCeIby' dirt'or ice-v j, i th bj c s n in the course'ofthe'foIIOWingQdeseTi tiOn. I I I attain the obj ects and: secure thefadvanadvantages ivil l a-ppear I ftag'es' of myinventionbythe'meansilliistrated I I I I I I I i i .3, forlthe'bolt'dg the Under side of said cover I wardlv and downwardly to the 91' inthe' accompanying drawings, in Which-=9 I II j Figure l is atop plan of a service boX Which f embodies a practical form .of my inyention Fig.2, a central, veIrtical seetionlthroiigh said Y box, the loWer:"p0rtion-of thesame,being broken ofi,' and, Fig, 33a bottom planfof the box'eover. i 1 a Similar reference'eharaeters designatesimj ila'r parts throilghout the' -sever' 1 yiews'i, Q This box comprises" aj comparativelylarge has sharing or efilargedw aahd movers,

l "hollow; for 131115111211; member or pipe 1 which E through the top of saidrinrh'j'andpreferably has upwardl di erging sidesj9- to faeilitate" i-ntrodiicing an implement from? ab'oyeQinto said re ciess." 'TEXte ndingi inwardlyfromgithe persp h ir m likbp es st his r e 1 8" -isan overhanging lip'lO l .7 a le? from'tlie' tjop on one side to'forin' a recess 'll Ito receive the lip I10, andprovide beloxi ksaid I recess a'1ip12 to be re'e'ijr'ed under said firstnamedlipq the toplof the cover :3 oppose site:to ithe'l-recessfloll is a depression 13 to lieeeive: the head" 14 of the bolt 4,. and enable said headjtobeloeatedbelow the top offsaid .coverwhensaidlbolt is "in' place. .The cover i3'b'e1oi v th egdpressioii 13 is boredto 'aC (}0 II1-,',. "od'at'e the bolt 4, suchbore'andthe tapped openingirrtherlugbbeing in ;1ine .with each I othenxvhn the gowns is'Tproperlypositioned on the .fiafi From the bore in the cover inelinesfnp I U I I II I outeriedge oithe cover, as shown at 15.j' Th1s-e inclined or b vel part 15.is;in lin Withthe noteh18 Whe'nthe. cover 3jis'in proper posipartof thelflangefi, r the, intro u tlbnthe;point}of'an' implefnentfbeneath the edge I "Preferablythe bdlt is r videdfivithf 99 I pentagonal head, as 14, in order to prevent said bolt from being removed with an ordi- 7 nary wrench. With a wrench or implement a The ac over 3 isplaced imposition by first inserting the lip 12 beneath thelip 10, and

then lowering said coverinto a horizontal positioned theiflan'geifi. 1 Afterjth-is the :bolt

screwed-down into the opening in the lug 6 until saidbolt is tight. .,:The cover 3ll=is=moiw held securely in place in the top of thevbod'y by the bolt 4 and the lips 1 a'Iid-'12, the head 14 of said bolt being in the-depressed part 13 below the tlo'p su rface of said cover.

In order to remove the cover it is first necessai y to unscrew and remove the bolt 4 "thentlre cover is tilted upwardly 'onthe side opp'os'iteto thatwherjethe lipj12 is located i-fulcrummglfin Said 11p, un il he latter Clears the lip 10, whenls'aidj cover: tree to be taken from" the body gandla id 011 one side. ,In the event the interstices between contiguous pants ofthe'body and'cover be/filled" with dirt, or with ice,SothatSaid-over can not be readily "iiliftedftrom the flange 5, a suitable implement inserted 1the'notch8 andii'ntroduced' beneath;thefjbeveled' part 15 of the cover, and presseddownwardlyat the elite end, after I theboltA: 'Ihas' beenremoved, with fthe result the cover is forced upwardly, j breaking 'the' dirtforjice s'eal,- ;whenfit cari' be taken i-jvivi h'out' fur he d fic'liflty fnomathe b6 ly M which would enable rlt 'b lifted irQ tits 1 Seat; a I l v 'imred eiag nimplement beneafili thef hev f'ele'd' parti5,boausejtherefis no other waylto obtain a hold on the, cover vof a character clearance'is left'betweentheconft i 'guous side edges of the cover '3 and rim 7 jtoena'blejthe cover to be p'laced inpojs'itionon af le igna' dbyt enu in r m hf nse fi e shape efemlst g5 jtio mand arrangement oittsome or all of the .ipi r oftlii ,s nv e b imayilh mad ;Wi hodt departingfrom the spiritpf my jinven- 't qn .e iie ng" the scope :LQ i wli t. is

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thereof having an axial opening therethrough to form an internal rim extending aroundsaid wall providing an annular seat at the upper side thereof, a lug extending inwardly from said rim at one side of the body and .a lip extending inwardly from the upper @endof said wallat the opposite side of said body, the underside of said lip terminating at a distance above said seat to form a recess best-ween the underside of said lip and said seat A as; insermdmrthefopening ,inisaazdlcoverfl-and.

and the said lug beingprovi'de'd with-a screw threaded opening, the said wall o fthe -body at one side thereof being provided with a radial slot extending therethrough the lower en'd'of which isfi-ush-with said seat and which extends; upwardly therefrom throughout" the length offfthe Wall above said seat, aflcover having peripheral seat portions at" its under side forresting on-the seatand lug ofthe body and being provided with a recess on its per-iphery at the uppergside thereofto form a flip therebelow, which lip vgandreoessco-operfate with thejlip andrecess ofzthe body when the cover is seated thereon,to holdsaid'cover andtbod-y against relativerotation, abolt' exwith an n t h d fthe.b 'dyWal when th cover is ,in place on theseat thereof, the said 'groove co-operatjingj with the seatto'f the ,body

,to provide tapering ,passageway at 'thenunders'ide of the Qjcove'r for receiving an Iimple: Tment which may extend throughsaid slot for ep r ing sai c ve andbody,

' 2.,Inaservi0e bQX ,fthe class'descrihed comprising in combination,a member having 1 ,a continuous wall t flpro ide;a ubularlbody,

a "m m r ex en ing. i ward y from al sides of saidwa'll at afdistancefbelow the upper end the e ha ng a axia ;.ope ng th 7 thr ugh oi rm an in e aljrim extendi g around said well p o ding annula seat [th upp f ideth re t a iig extending'inn ytf omssai'di rim a n .slid oflt body and allip' e tend ng in ard y from t upper end of'sai'd wall art/he opposite side of ai body, t unders de i o said lip termia recess between, the underside of said "lip and said seatand'the saiddug'b'eing provided with ascr'ew threaded opening, thle saidwall a ofitlie body-lat one side thereof, beingprovided Wlhlld radial .slot extending (there t ough h we endo .wh cihi fl s wi said seat and; which extenjds upwarldly there- =from'throughoutgthelength ofthe wall-above said seat, a coverhaving peripheral seatportions at vits under side for resting on" the Seat and 11 g Of t e d d'beingpr vid w th a r sses, 0, i s, i hery a th upp ide, h redftq f rmail p.therebel a whic nating at a distance above saidfseat tol'form tending through said coyerkfor' engagingsaid recess of the body when the cover is' seated i thereon to hold said cover and body against relativerotation, a bolt extending through said cover for engaging said screw threaded opening, the seat portion of the cover being provided with a-radially extending groove Which inclines upwardly with'respectthereto and is disposed so as to align with said notch of the body wall when the cover is in place on the seat thereof, the said groove cowhich may extendthrough said slot for separating said cover and bodyjthe said slot in I the wall of the body and the groove in the seat portion of the cover'being disposed in alignment with the sand lug of the body.

REUBEN HILLS. e 

